Crowd Largely Supports Mosque Amid Sharia Law Concerns
Religion dominates a forum Monday about a proposed mosque in Brookfield, with nary a question about traffic or location, as most in the audience backed the facility for the Islamic Society of Milwaukee.
Amid concerns about sharia law and Muslim treatment of women, a crowd largely supported a proposed mosque in Brookfield, applauding a man who apologized to local Muslims for some of the negative reaction they have faced. "I want to say I'm sorry for the necessity for this (public meeting)," said Dudley Riggle of Brookfield, a retired Lutheran pastor and professor at Carthage College in Kenosha. "We would not be having this occasion if we were about to build a new synagogue or Bahai temple or an ultra-conservative mega church or a liberal Protestant denomination and I'm sorry about this," Riggle said. "And I'm sorry that it degenerates into which religion is right... This is about something fundamental to our country, which is the freedom …
KHALIIL
9:25 pm on Saturday, May 5, 2012
This practice is purely cultural & has no support in Islam of any kind. This is common in Africa & places with large African populations but not found in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, India, China, Malaysia or any other place with large Muslim populations, proving it is not Islamic. Stop trying to blame everything on Islam. more ›